Monday, August 4, 2014

Supplements In Sports

Supplements In Sports
Athletes, body builders, ball players and all types of sports persona have for long looked into the possibility of boosting their performance through dieting. Alternative nutrition for sports performance has come at the right time, offering the sports persons the chance to hit their best scores and not sacrifice their health for it. After decades of abusing the dangerous steroids and chemical concoctions of performance enhancers, today we have awakened to the possibility of attaining optimal performance by supplementing the diet naturally.



Sports supplementation is a multi-billion dollar industry today offering some genius products and then some bogus, unnecessary products. You understanding of sports supplements should be anything added to the normal diet so as to cater for any nutritional deficiency that may adversely affect performance in sport and general body health.



The available supplements for sports persona today include:



* Vitamins



* Amino Acids



* Minerals



* Herbs



* Other Botanicals



Sports dietary supplements aren't mandated to meet any of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) standard. This means that the sports supplements have no safety requirements regulation, no manufacturing standards, no guarantee on product potency, no mandated purity rating and no required proof for effectiveness as per the claim made in the market.



In essence therefore, before you settle on a particular substance, you must ensure that it is safe and effective. One way of ensuring such safety and efficiency is insisting on the naturally occurring ingredients. Natural sports supplements provide the body with all necessary nutrients for apt performance in sports, without having the negative side effects. Most are not even banned by the sports organizations. The best available sports supplements currently include:



* B-Vitamins especially the B-vitamins (riboflavin, thiamine, folate and vitamin B-6, B-12) which amplify performance in high-intensity sports



* Caffeine, which helps, boost levels of muscle endurance and alertness



* Creatine, which improves ability to sustain high-intensity exercises like sprinting, power sports and weight lifting by inducing muscle tissue development



* Ephedrine, which improves strength, reaction rate, endurance, anaerobic capacity and muscle recovery rate



* Glucosamine, which stimulates cartilage growth besides being used to treat osteoarthritis



* Glutamine (specifically L- Glutamine) which amplifies muscle strength though it has been banned by many sports organization



* Hydration cum sports health drinks that amplify performance, hydration and metabolic efficacy



* Protein shakes/supplements that boost muscle mass growth, definition and leaning. They provide sedentary individuals with adequate protein






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